Rolling gate



No. 622,890. Ptmu Apr. n, |899.

' E. E. GUSTIN.

ROLLING GATE.v

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Patented Apr. Il, |899.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ELIPHALET E. GUSTIN, OF DALLES, OREGON.

ROLLING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,890, dated April 11, 1899.

Application filed October 25, 1897.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, ELIPHAL'ET E. GUSTIN, of The Dalles, Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rolling Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of rolling gates that are opened from a distance by means of operating-levers, so as to avoid the necessity of a person having to dismount to open or close the gate; and it consists in two slotted posts, the brackets secured to opposite sides thereof, the extensionarms pivoted in the brackets and having their inner ends extending through slots in the posts, the connecting-strips, the operatinglevers, and the rods connected to their outer ends, combined with extensions to which the inner ends of the levers are loosely connected, the suspension-bar pivoted at its center, and a rolling gate suspended from the bar, and the posts to which the bar is pivoted,aswill be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a roller-gate which can be operated at a distance by means of levers, so as to avoid the necessity of a person having to dismonnt from an animal or a vehicle for the purpose of opening or closing the gate, and to produce a gate which is cheap in construction, simple in operation, and which will not readily get out of repair while in use, and which cannot be opened by animals.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent my invention, Figure lis a side elevation of a gate embodying my invention, the gate being shown closed in solid lines and open in dotted ones. Fg. 2 is a vertical section taken through the posts B. Fig. 3 is a det-ail view showing the latching mechanism. Fig. 4t is a horizontal section taken through the post B, showing the rollers.

K representsa rollergate which is suspended by means of the rollers J from the suspension-bar A, and which bar is pivoted between the two supporting-posts B. The two posts B are separated sufficiently far to allow the gate to move freely back and forth between them, and the pivotal pin D is passed through the posts near their upper ends and through the bar A, which has a pivoted movement, so as to allow its ends to be alternately raised own gravity and closes. end of either one of the levers is drawn downand lowered, so that the gate will move back Serial No. 656,378. (No model.)

and forth thereon from its own gravity for the purpose of opening or closing, as may be desired. Near the lower ends of these posts, on their inner sides, are journaled frictionrollers Dto bear against opposite sides of the gate near its lower edge, so as to prevent it from swaying laterally.

Suspended loosely from the suspendingbar A, in between the posts B, is the exten- -sion C', which extends downwardly a suitable distance beyond the lower edge of the bar, and to the lower end of which extension C' the extension-arms J of the levers D2 are loosely connected. Through each of the posts B' is made a vertical slot I', and through these slots the inner ends of the extension-arms J pass for the purpose of being pivotally connected to the extension C' on the suspensionbar A. The extension-arms J are connected to the levers D by means of suitableconnecting-strips G, and these extension-arms are pivoted in the brackets E, which extend from opposite sides of the posts B'.

When either one of the levers D'2 is forced upward by means of the rod- H, loosely connected to its outer end, the suspension-bar is lowered at its inner end by being forced downward by the extension-arm J and the extension C placed in between the two posts, and then the gate rolls down the suspension-bar from its Whenever the outer ward, the extension-arms and extension cause the inner end of the suspension-bar to rise, and then the gate rolls down the inclined plane away from the post B and through the post B until the front hanger of the gate strikes against the pivot D, and the gate remains open until one of the levers is again operated, when the gate closes.

The gate is provided with a latch E', which engages with an inclined ratchet-surface C", placed between the two posts B when the gate is closed; but when the outer end of the gate is raised by means of one of the levers D2 the latch is made to automatically disengage by being raised above the plate C by the tilting of the gate. When the bar A tilts,

the gate is carried up with its rising end, and the gate is prevented from being raised above the bar by the rollers L, which catch against the lower edge of the bar.

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It Will be seen that the parts of which the gate is constructed are few, simple, and are easily operated, that the gate When once opened or closed will remain so until one of the levers is positively operated, that the,

ets and having their inner ends extendedthrough the slots in the posts, the oonnectingstri ps., the operating-levers, and the rods connected to their outer ends, combined With the extension to which the inner ends of the levers are loosely connected, the suspensionbar pivoted at its center, a rolling gate suspended from the bar, and the posts between which the bar is pivoted, substantially as set forth.

2. The posts B, B' slightly separated from leach other, a suitable support placed in between the tWo posts, and a notched plate placed upon the support, combined with a rolling or sliding gate having a pivoted latch, the outer end of Which latch passes between thel gate-posts and engages with the notched plate, substantially as specied.

ELIPHALET E. GUSTIN. Witnesses:

DELos D. NEER, HARRY H. MENGES. 

